Quote: (09-08-2014 03:11 PM)DannyAlberta Wrote:
home ec was mandatory for both genders when i took it, which was over 20 yrs ago.
indeed sounded girly but really was entirely gender neutral. learned to cook some basic stuff, do basic laundry and do some basic budgeting. everyone who has ever lived on their own uses those skills. they are attributing gender script where none existed.
Was about to post the same thing. I sewed a fucking bag together and learned how to cook basic dishes right next to the girls from class. Then we all had gender-neutral woodshop together the next semester.